The Daughter of the Samurai

Overview

Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there studying. Now, he is supposed to marry Mitsuko, the daughter of his adoptive father, to whom Teruo has long been promised. But Teruo, who has gotten to know the freedoms of the western world, would rather marry the woman he loves and behaves brusquely to Mitsuko.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 4, 1937

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

German, Japanese

Countries

Germany, Japan

Production

Terra-Filmkunst,Towa Shoji G.K.,J.O. Studio

Cast

Sessue Hayakawa,Yuriko Hanabusa,Nisao Tokiwa,Eiji Takagi,Isamu Kosugi,Haruyo Ichikawa,Kichiji Nakamura,Ruth Eweler,Setsuko Hara,Kanae Murataand 1 more

Director

Mansaku Itami,Arnold Fanck

Writer

Arnold Fanck

Producer

Nagamasa Kawakita,Arnold Fanck,Yoshio Osawa

Cinematography

Walter Riml,Isamu Ueda,Richard Angst

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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